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42. We have carefully considered the ques- tion of what becomes of all those highly trained doctors. From all sides we have been told that private practice in the Colony is reaching satura- tion point and it has even been suggested to us that further local registration of Hong Kong graduates (except for the few required by the University itself or by the Government) might well be restricted or withheld until, say, five years after graduation.
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We have given much consideration to the question of the relationship between the three clinical Professors and the Government Medical Service. The present situation is in the nature of a compromise resulting from discussions over a long period of years.
Resolutions of Senate and Faculties.
(a) The Senate considered the suggestion of restricting registration or withholding it until five years after graduation both impracticable and undesirable.
(b) The Senate agrees that a scholarship scheme whereby more students are attracted from China, and after graduation are induced to return there is most desirable.
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(c) The Senate agrees that the winning over of a large part of the population from Chinese herbalism to modern medicine is not only the remedy for the so-called saturation but is most desirable from the point of view of health of the population of the Colony in general and to this end we strongly urge the formation of a De- partment of Preventive Medicine in the University one of whose important functions would be social hygiene propaganda.
Although we are prepared to acquiesce in the recommendation of the continuance of a com- promise system that has so far worked satisfac- torily, the Senate considers that such acquiescence should not necessarily preclude the reconsidera- tion of the possibility of the Clinical Professors becoming Government Medical Servants should such a scheme be considered desirable at some future date.
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Resolutions of Council.
(i) that difficulties with regard to the em- ployment of doctors trained in the Uni- versity can best be met by the institution of a scholarship scheme whereby more students are attracted from China and, after graduation, are induced to return there; and
(ii) that a Department of Preventive Medi- cine should be instituted in the Univer- sity, and that one of its important functions should be social propaganda.
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Resolved that the Council is of opinion that the present relations existing between the Clinical Professors and the Government Medical Service are satisfactory and that the system whereby the Clinical Professors are in the service of the University and not in Government Service should be maintained, but that this opinion does not necessarily extend to all non-Clinical professor- ships.
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Resolutions of Senate and Faculties.
Resolutions of Council.
It was decided to place on record a proposal made by Professor Ride and supported by the Hon. Dr. Selywn-Clarke that the above resolution should not be held to preclude the re-opening of the matter should circumstances change at any future date.
49. We have given much consideration to recommendations which have been put before us (both from inside and outside the University) that the clinical Professors and the Medical teach- ing staff of the University should be Government servants, i.e., members of the Government Medical Service whose duties would be mainly professional.
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51. Although we make no detailed recom- mendation, we consider that economy would result to either Government or University by the amalgamation of the University School of Patho- logy and the Government Bacteriological In- stitute, and we see no insuperable objection to this fusion. A further amalgamation deserving of close study is between the Biology Department and the Government's Botanical Department.
(a) The Senate agrees that economy might well result from some re-distribution of the work
at present being done by the Government Bacteriological Institute and the University's Department of Pathology. A memorandum has already been drafted on the University aspect of this problem, but it is felt that no further step can be taken until the views of the Government are known.
(b) The Senate endorses the suggested co- ordination of the work of the Government Botanical and Forestry Department with that of the Biology Department of the University, if such co-ordination can be accomplished without any loss of efficiency.
(a) Resolved that the Council is of opinion that more effective use of existing facilities could be made if the staffs of the University Depart- ment of Pathology and the Government Bacterio- logical Institute were organised to work in co- operation.
(b) that the Council is of opinion that it would be economical and advantageous if the Biology Department of the University and the Government Botanical and Forestry Departments were organised to work in co-operation.
(c) that the Council is of opinion that if Government should decide at any time to estab- lished a Department of Zoology, it would be in the interests of all concerned if arrangements could be made with Government for the head of such department to be employed to teach Zoology at the University.
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